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I have heard of that (and also, unfortunately, experienced it), but that is not what I was talking about. The second-system effect is a product of naiveté. I'v
by charlieflowers 14y ago
I have heard of that (and also, unfortunately, experienced it), but that is not what I was talking about.
The second-system effect is a product of naiveté. I've made that mistake more than once, but I believe I know better than it now.
But this practice of rebuilding from scratch I'm describing is not that. It is more a matter of practicing craftsmanship.
It's like a sculptor who sculpts a wolf, sees its good and bad, then gets the exact same size block of wood and sculpts it again -- but differently. And again. Not out of naiveté, but out of a patient determination to get better.
- SatvikBeri 14y agoI used to do the exact same thing in Math classes. Iterate on proofs, until I got the perfect one. It vastly enhanced my understanding and gave me these really pretty proofs to look at! In one class where I was especially obsessed, my (rather famous in the field) professor told me I understood the subject better than he did. That was pretty awesome.
- charlieflowers 14y agoThat is what I am talking about. Thank you for supplying another example that helps articulate it.
- groby_b 14y ago"second system effect" is not naiveté, in my experience. The extent of it might be controlled by experience, but the 2nd one always learns from the first one and overshoots. It's similar to "bracketing" when you fire artillery. You need one in front and one in the back of the target to be able to hit with the third one.